Striking element for golf club practice



Aug. 5, 1952 R. ABRECHT EIAL 2,606,027

" STRIKING ELEMENT FOR GOLF CLUB PRACTICE Filed Dec. 9, 1949 .g Rudy Abrecht 16 James Waller Abrgchf i uvmvroas.

Patented Aug. 5, 1952 OFFICE STRIKIN G ELEMENT FOR GOLF CLUB PRACTICE Rudy Abrecht, Sacramento, and James Walter Abrecht, Whittier, Calif.

Application December 9, 1949, Serial No. 132,074

1 Claim. 1

This is a continuation in part application on our copending application Number 18,974 filed April 5, 1948, now Patent 2,495,679.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in golf practicing devices for use either iIldOOI's or outdoors and more particularly to the provision of an imitation golf ball to be struck by a regulation golf club having a marking attachment so that a spot will be registered upon the imitation golf ball to show the user where the face of the club has struck the imitation golf ball.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a meter on which an imitation golf ball is positioned and which may be viewed substantially in its entirety by a golfer when taking a natural position for striking the ball.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a golf practice meter including a collapsible easel that is extremely small and compact in structure to facilitate the same to be carried in a users pocket in a convenient manner.

A still further aim of the present invention is to provide a golf practice target that is simple and practical in construction, strong and reliable in use, neat and attractive in appearance, relatively inexpensive to manufacture, and otherwise well adapted for the purposes for which the same is intended.

Other objects and advantages reside in the details of construction and operation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the present invention assembled for use;

Fig. 2 is a front elevational view of Fig. 1 and showing the hinge flaps or tongues disengaged;

Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical sectional view taken substantially on the plane of section line 3-3 of Figure 1; and

Fig. 4 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view taken substantially on the plane of section line 44 of Fig. 3.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, wherein for the purpose of illustration, there is disclosed a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the numeral l represents the device generally, including a pair of integral stiiT paper or cardboard sheets [2 and Id of predetermined size and shape and having interlocking tongues 2 i6 and [8 at each end, the tongues l6 of the sheet [2 having a hook 20 received in a slit 22 of tongue 24 at adjacent ends of the sheets to support the sheets in upright back to back position substantially in the form an easel.

The central portions of the sheets are pressed outwardly to provide concavo-convexed portions or spherical segments 26 and 28 that are spaced relative to each other and so shaped as to form an imitation golf ball. The portions 25 and 28 protrude from the outer faces of the sheets l2 and I4, and the convex surface of the portions 26 and 28 are provided with indentations or depressions 30 so that the portions will move closely simulate a golf ball.

Criss-crossed lines 32 and 34 are provided on the convex surface of each of the portions 26 and 28 to divide the portions 26 and 28 into four zones or areas.

In practical use of the meter, a marking device (preferably the marking device disclosed in our copending application, Serial Number 18,974, filed April 5, 1948) is applied to a golf club head and the meter is set up as shown in Fig. 1. The striking of a selected one of the portions 26 or 28 will leave a mark on the selected one Of said portions at the point of impact and thereby indicate to the golfer the accuracy of his swing.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

In a golf practice device, a gauge composed of a pair of integrally formed, fiat members, interlocking tongues at the ends of the members connecting the same back to back to each other in the form of an easel, said members having protuberances thereon protruding from the outer faces of said members to simulate a golf ball, and a pair of criss-crossed lines on each of said protuberances for dividing the same into four equal areas.

RUDY ABRECHT. JAMES WALTER ABRE'CHT.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 931,637 Odell Aug. 17, 1909 1,293,941 Sargent Feb. 11, 1919 

